Author: David Hogan

Doctor Who: Hidden Depths – Flatpack Review

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Flatpack is a weird story because it has the Ninth Doctor encounter some old companions but in this case its Liv and Tania from the Eighth Doctor audio range, a situation where we know Liv left The Doctor to live with Tania but also had adventures before then that are still being released. That makes this feel less like The Doctor meeting old companions and more like some sort of crossover. Still though, key question: is it good? The answer is yes! While I had some problems with it the two returning companions worked really well with Christopher Eccleston, so let’s take a look.

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Doctor Who: Hidden Depths – The Seas of Titan & Lay Down Your Arms Review

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So after heading to Earth and then Outer Space, what could The Doctor possibly do next in this third box in the Ninth Doctor’s second “season”? Well… a mix of both, in other words like all Doctor Who seasons. Anyway, enough of making fun of the boxset naming this was a fun double bill but neither story particularly stood out as memorable, which is a shame because its always nice to “see” the Sea Devils pop up… Let’s take a look!

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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (Episodes 85 – 100) Review

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At long last, after well over a hundred weeks, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai has finally come to an end. It’s been a … ride, maybe not a wild one, but definitely one! While this finale is fun and exciting with a great and extremely Shonen-y final battle I have to say that its not worth watching the other 90 odd episodes full of the same plot being slowly stretched thin until it snaps several times. Still, now I’ve stuck with it for pretty much the sole reason of writing about it on this blog, let’s write about it on this blog!

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Mario Kart: Super Circuit (GBA) Review

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Super Circuit sits in a strange place in my Mario Kart history in that I played it at launch (ish) and played it a fair amount, but its difficulty curve and me not really being a big handheld guy meant I didn’t really get into it the same way as other entries in the series (beyond 3DS and Tour, which I just haven’t played at all) Going back to it now has only made the challenge even more, well, challenging, despite having a full screen and comfortable controller in my hand. Much like when I played Super Mario Kart for this blog the old style controls are just so… counter intuitive after so many years of the newer style back-to-back. Oh well, it’s another Booster Pass course drop today, so let’s look at another Mario Kart game!

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Bleach: Lost Agent Arc (Episodes 355 – 366) Review

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It’s time to look at what a year or so ago would’ve been the “final episodes of the Bleach anime” but is now the final episodes of the first Bleach series before the currently airing Thousand Year Blood War series. As I mentioned in the first half I do enjoy the sometimes-called Fullbringer arc and honestly the final few episodes really outdo themselves, clearly showing that due to having a finite end they removed all filler and just straight up adapted the manga, and in terms of the final fight, really beautifully (though it pales in comparison to, once again, the currently airing TYBW anime…) So let’s take a look then!

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The Walking Dead – Season 11 Part 3 Review

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You can catch up with my Season 11 reviews by clicking HERE for Part 1 and HERE for Part 2.

Here we go then, the final ever episodes of The Walking Dead… at least that’s what I should be saying but there are so many spin-offs announced as in the works that it honestly doesn’t feel like a big deal. I guess these are the final episodes loosely based on the comics, and I stress loosely ever since Carl and Rick left the show, which is something. Well either way I am happy to say these episodes were at least really good, far better a note for the show to go out on than it deserves, frankly. Let’s take a look…

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Doctor Who: What Lies Inside? – The Dalby Spook Review

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The most interesting thing about “The Dalby Spook” is finding out that it’s based on an actual thing! Apparently on the Isle of Man in the 30s there was a hot rumour of a talking mongoose called Gef that attracted paranormal specialists and skeptics like Harry Price to debunk it. How bizarre! What’s that? The story? … It’s alright. After “Paradox of the Daleks” it was certainly more straight forward and low key, that’s for sure! Let’s take a look…

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Doctor Who: What Lies Inside? – Paradox of the Daleks Review

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Paradox of the Daleks is kicking off a new period for the Eighth Doctor (I hesitate to say “new era” since it has the same two companions he’s had for years now) free of an over-arching storyline with a linked title and frankly it had me with “Paradox” and “written by John Dorney”, as he is not only a great writer in general but has done great time bending stories in the past. Is Paradox of the Daleks chief among them? Well, no, but it’s still really fun! Let’s take a closer look…

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A Little Blog Update…

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Hi all,

Just to give you a proper update, rather than a hastily written one I put out a few minutes ago, I’m back in the blogging mood after nearly three months off. During that time my Dad’s had five out of his six chemo sessions and is looking good despite it, and I’ve been back at full swing at work which is always busy this time of year, so I assume for those reasons I just haven’t felt like blogging, at least not enough to get any reviews out until the start of this week (or early last week, I guess).

I do have a lot of half written reviews of MCU Disney + shows, Doctor Who Big Finish releases and Star Wars High Republic comics that once I finish them off and get pictures done for them I’ll be retroactively posting in batches here and there (which will still appear in your inboxes as new posts even though I’ll be back-scheduling them so the newer, more currently-relevant posts can still stay at the top of the page) so if you see an odd number of reviews on the same topic pop into your inbox at once my apologies but if I post them one a weekday amongst the newer stuff I’ll never catch up and given I’ve already done most of the work I don’t want them to go to waste either, like there are some Big Finish releases I listened to but didn’t start a review on that will now just go by the wayside until however many years it’ll take for me to get back round to them, but the ones I’ve already pretty much done? I want to keep those.

So that’s it. I don’t know how long this burst of energy will last, maybe I’ll take some short breaks here and there, maybe I’ll do another longer break, who knows? I would like 2023 to be a year without something horrible happening to one of my parents, that might help my mental health, if nothing else…

See you around, and thanks for reading. Seeing some new comments and traffic holding steady despite the lack of new content has helped me along, I really appreciate it!